Dongjiang Country, Mushan City, River Bay County. Yi Tian was walking on the street, reminiscing about the past. This was where he started his business. It had been more than thirty years since then, and he didn't know if those people were still around.
This time, Yan Jungang's task was to investigate the Dongjiang Country's king, Song Jiong, and the Foundation Establishment cultivators who stayed behind. In the past few years, the king of Dongjiang Country had been providing less and less resources, and there were many fake ones. Moreover, the spirit children from Dongjiang Country had gradually become extinct. It was obvious that the roots of the three sects in the south had been broken. This was like poking a hornet's nest.
The higher-ups of the three sects felt that something was wrong, so they ordered a thorough investigation. Dongjiang Country was within Chiyang School's territory. Although it was a remote area, Chiyang School was duty-bound. Therefore, Yan Jungang asked Yi Tian to bring Qu Yifeng to Dongjiang Country to investigate.
After this investigation, Yan Jungang also told them that Chiyang School would also participate in the Xuanling Grand Reward three years later. As long as the two of them could successfully complete the task within the time limit, Yan Jungang could use his connections with Xuan Ling School to get the two of them an entrance jade token. This was a great opportunity, and there was a chance to get the Xuanling Sect's exclusive Xuanyang Fruit and Xuanling Clear Liquid.
Qu Yifeng's eyes widened. This was a shortcut to advancing to the middle and late stages. Unexpectedly, Yi Tian smiled and took out a jade token from his storage bag. The two of them stared at each other in shock.
Yan Jungang was so angry that he was speechless on the spot. He immediately changed the conditions, 1,000 contribution points, and the opportunity to cultivate outside Chiyang School's lava cave for a month. Qu Yifeng was drooling when he heard this. In the end, he heard Yi Tian say weakly, "Can you exchange it with spirit stones? All of them are middle-grade spirit stones."
It wasn't just that Yi Tian didn't want to go to the lava cave. In fact, that place was too close to Ancestor Scarlet Sun. If Ancestor Scarlet Sun saw through his Profound Sun True Fire, he wouldn't be able to bear the consequences. Therefore, Yi Tian decisively refused. After thinking about it, Spirit Stones were the most practical. They were all mid-grade Spirit Stones, which would be useful for setting up formations or fighting with others.
Just now, I walked around North City. The Yi Ji Grain Store was still there. The shopkeeper had indeed changed. I heard that Shopkeeper Yi had sold the store to someone else many years ago and returned to his hometown to retire. The Four Seas Gambling House on East Main Street was still open for business as usual. Yi Tian walked in wearing a bamboo hat. He only had one copper coin on him, which was borrowed from the beggar's bowl at the entrance.
Sitting in front of the dice table, Yi Tian went up and pressed the dice. Originally, no one had noticed, but after winning ten rounds in a row, even though he hadn't won a single tael of silver, the dice player standing opposite him wasn't a fool. The person opposite them was obviously an expert. He hurriedly called for a halt and then ordered the servant to invite the Gang Leader out.
After a cup of tea's worth of time, Yi Tian saw a forty-five-year-old middle-aged man with a big belly walk down. Back then, Wang Bao was the current youthful version. Except for the beard and wrinkles on his face, everything else was the same. After Wang Bao stood in front of him, Yi Tian gestured for another dice cup, as if he was going to compete with the Four Seas Gambling House's boss. Wang Bao on the opposite side hadn't met a worthy opponent in more than thirty years. It was rare for someone to come to challenge him. If he didn't show his real skills, he really didn't know how many eyes the Horse Lord had.
Yi Tian made a gesture of guessing ten rounds. When everyone saw that he was an expert, they all dispersed and left the place empty. More than thirty years later, the two of them began to compete again in the same place and the same way. Unfortunately, there was a difference between immortals and mortals. After nine rounds, the surrounding people saw that the man in the bamboo hat used the same method as the boss, Wang Bao, and was even more exquisite. The two of them guessed all nine rounds correctly. When Yi Tian was about to start the tenth round, the middle-aged version of Wang Bao opposite him acted shamelessly and shouted, "Yi Tian, can't you go easy on me?"
After removing the bamboo hat, Yi Tian revealed his face and smiled at Wang Bao, "Wang Bao, it's been more than thirty years. How have you been?"
Seeing that Yi Tian still looked the same as before, Wang Bao was shocked. He then smiled and called Yi Tian to the back hall to chat. After chatting for two days, Yi Tian left ten portions of Essence Cultivation Powder for Wang Bao and told him to send half to the Yi family in Hewan Village. He wouldn't go back, so that he wouldn't be sad when he saw them.
Wang Bao also casually agreed and found an artist to draw his and Yi Tian's portraits, keeping them as family heirlooms in the future. After the painting was finished, Yi Tian looked at it and felt that it was a little vivid. Therefore, in front of Wang Bao, a burst of blue light appeared in his hand and sealed a thorny life spell. He also asked Wang Bao to drip a bit of blood on it to make it recognize him as its master. In the future, if the Wang family encountered a fatal disaster, the direct descendants could use their own blood to activate the spell.
Three days later, the White Horse Gang's escort team had two escorts. They were Yi Tian and Qu Yifeng in disguise. The two of them changed their identities in the escort company because of Wang Bao's relationship and then followed the escort team to Dongjiang.
In fact, Qu Yifeng also agreed with Yi Tian's idea of secretly investigating. The two of them found that their identities were a hidden danger. When they swaggered into the city, the snakes, insects, rats, and ants would have already hidden. With this cover, they could secretly make a move. Moreover, they had not paid a visit to the Foundation Establishment cultivator who stayed behind to guard the city, so the two of them felt that it would be better to secretly investigate and obtain evidence before contacting him.
In the White Horse Gang's escort team, Yi Tian and Qu Yifeng disguised themselves as escorts and sneaked into Dongjiang's capital. After entering the city, the two of them found Wang Bao's private residence according to the address he gave them. After entering, they found that the housekeeper had servants and maids. The two of them said that they were Wang Bao's subordinates who had come to pick up some food to sleep for the night. Then, they were arranged to stay in the woodshed by the housekeeper. Yi Tian said, 'I didn't know that Wang Bao had such a lively mind. He already has a house in the capital, so it wouldn't be a problem for him to hide his mistress here.'
After the two of them settled down that night, they first went around to inquire about the situation of Dongjiang's king, Song Jiong. When they asked the neighbors, they all had a good impression of the current king. He was diligent and loved the people, and was a rare wise king. These people were all far away from the imperial court, so their words were very different from the actual situation. Yi Tian and Qu Yifeng planned to sneak into the palace at night. The most effective method was to catch them off guard.
At night, Yi Tian wore linen clothes and a bamboo hat and slipped out of the residence's back door without alerting anyone. Along the way, there were not many people on the streets because of the curfew. Yi Tian did not dare to use his escape technique to stir up spiritual energy fluctuations and attract the attention of those who were interested. He sped through the rows of back alleys of the private residences and headed towards Dongjiang's capital city.
When he arrived at the foot of the city, Yi Tian used Jianghu's Qinggong, the Absolute Shadow Step, and jumped onto the city tower. He quietly walked along the city wall and approached the Hall of Righteous Virtue. This was Dongjiang's king, Zhu Jiong's, office. Yi Tian sneaked up on the city wall and used his spiritual vision to look around. Zhu Jiong was sitting in the hall and reading through memorials. There was nothing out of the ordinary.
Yi Tian monitored Song Jiong for the entire night until he went to sleep in the Hall of Righteous Virtue before leaving. For the next ten days, Yi Tian went to the city every night and did not find anything out of the ordinary. However, King Song Jiong slept in the Hall of Righteous Virtue almost every night, which aroused Yi Tian's suspicions. After returning, the two of them discussed it and felt that there was something fishy. The king of a country did not find his concubines to warm his bed at night. Instead, he slept in his study alone. This was already suspicious. Qu Yifeng even joked, "Does this king have a problem in that area?"
Half a month later, just as Yi Tian was about to go to another place to check out the harem, he suddenly saw a concubine enter the Hall of Righteous Virtue with a few palace maids. This was normal. The king was tired from work, so it was normal for him to find his wife to liven up the atmosphere. However, Yi Tian saw the palace maids that the concubine had brought with her stick their heads out to look at the situation outside the Hall of Righteous Virtue. Then, they quickly closed the door.
Yi Tian wanted to find out what was going on. He used his qinggong and flew to the roof of the Hall of Righteous Virtue. He looked down through the skylight and saw that the concubine was sitting in Song Jiong's lap and feeding him ginseng tea. However, the color of the ginseng tea was not right. Yi Tian took a closer look. Aside from the ginseng tea, King Zhu Jiong's expression was not right either. He was expressionless, like a puppet being controlled by someone.
Seeing that something was wrong, Yi Tian sent a message to Qu Yifeng and then jumped down from the skylight. After landing, the hall was in a panic. Yi Tian looked around and saw that the hand of the concubine holding the ginseng tea was trembling. The two palace maids and eunuchs next to her were shouting. However, for a long time, they did not see anyone break in.
Seeing King Song Jiong's expression and the concubine's calm demeanor, Yi Tian knew that something was wrong. He released the spiritual power in his body and pointed at King Song Jiong with one hand, wanting to pull him over. Song Jiong's body flew straight up like a wooden puppet. When the concubine saw this, she flew forward to snatch Song Jiong.
A green shadow flashed and Yi Tian blocked in front of her. The two of them looked at each other and then cast spells at the same time. A loud noise came from the Zhengde Hall, which woke up the Imperial Guards in the surroundings. With a bang, the doors of the Hall of Righteous Virtue were kicked open. Groups of soldiers filed in and surrounded Yi Tian and King Song Jiong.
Just as the concubine turned around and was about to escape, Yi Tian became angry. He used his spiritual power and snorted. A wave of air spread out with Yi Tian as the center, causing all the surrounding soldiers to faint. Yi Tian blocked the concubine's path and asked in a deep voice, "Where did you come from? How dare you behave so atrociously in Chiyang School's territory." Yi Tian did not stop. He just tested his skill and found that this woman was actually an early stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. He did not hold back and directly shot out three spiral fireballs.
A brocade handkerchief was activated, covering the woman's entire body. However, the three fireballs seemed to have grown eyes as they stared at the defensive spirit tool and fiercely attacked it. With a bang, the third fireball directly broke through the brocade handkerchief's defense and smashed into a white protective cover, making a sizzling sound. The woman was shocked. She knew that there was a huge disparity in strength and hastily shouted, "Senior Martial Brother Yin, quickly help!"
With a bang, a figure fell from the sky and landed in front of the woman. Yi Tian focused and saw that it was Yin Wuhui, who he saw in the East Sea. It seemed that the Dong River incident was caused by these two people.
Yin Wuhui laughed cruelly and said, "Junior Martial Sister Tao, don't worry." He turned to Yi Tian and said, "Kid, we seem to have met before. Your cultivation has increased very quickly in the past 20 years."
After roughly estimating the strength of both sides, Yi Tian found that Yin Wuji's cultivation was one level higher than his. He was at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, but his spiritual power was not as condensed as Yan Jungang's. He guessed that Yin Wuji had just advanced. However, there was one more person on the other side and his reinforcements had not arrived yet. He quickly used the "delay" technique in hopes of buying some time for Qu Yifeng.
He turned around and used his movement technique to block King Song Jiong and said, "Your Corpse School has repeatedly crossed the line. It seems that you want to settle the score here?"
Just as Yin Wuji was about to answer, he saw a fireball fall from the sky. A figure appeared in the fireball. It was Qu Yifeng, who had heard the news and came over. The situation suddenly became two against two.
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